Archive for 2023

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1.Annual Congress of the Middle East Studies Association of North America: “MESA 2023”, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2-5 November 2023

The preliminary program includes over 350 sessions on a wide range of topics. It is now available and search-able at https://my-mesa.org/program

 

 

 

2. 31st I.R. “Iran`s World Book Award”

Books to be considered can be in any language, while need to be on either Islamic Studies or Iranian Studies. They also have to be published (in their first edition) outside of Iran in 2022.

Deadline for scholars, writers, translators, and publishers to nominate book(s) for consideration: 22 October 2023. Information:

http://www.bookaward.ir/NewsDetails-En/2059/Call-for-The-31st-I-R–Iran%60s-World-Book-Award-issued

 

 

 

3. CfP, IFPO: Pour une histoire sonore des sociétés de l’islam médiéval/ A sound history of medieval Islamic societies

The aim is to bring together contributions on social and political history, on the history of the senses and the sensible, on anthropology, literature, law, philosophy, art history, musicology, etc. This allows an exploration of subjects as diverse as commercial communication, social conflicts, spatial and social control, political com-munication, urban expansion, rituals, revolts and war, from a new angle and at different scales.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2023. Information: https://www.ifporient.org/beo-71/

 

 

 

 

4. AIS (Association for Iranian Studies) Conference 2024 Announcement

The AIS 2024 Conference site is now open on the AIS website. You can now submit your Independent Paper/Panel/Roundtable/Special Session abstracts for the AIS 2024 Conference at the National Autonomous University of Mexico from Aug 12 to 15, 2024. Just login to the AIS website https://associationforiranianstudies.org/conferences/2024 and follow the instructions for submission and conference pre-registration.

 

 

 

5. Zoom – Invisible East

The Village and the Archive: On Documents in Iranian Languages, 11th-13th century

Thursday 20 July 2023, 12:00 PM Toronto Time / 5PM UK Time

For more info and to register:

https://invisibleeast.web.ox.ac.uk/event/the-village-and-the-archive-on-documents-in-iranian-languages-11th-13th-century

 

 

 

6. UCLA – Pourdavoud Center

Achaemenid Workshop 1 Videos Available!

We are pleased to share with you the recorded lectures from the First Achaemenid Workshop, Identity, Alterity, and the Imperial Impress in the Achaemenid World, hosted at UCLA on April 12–14, 2023.

https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/videos/

1. Islamization and Archaeology

Religion, Culture and New Materialism

José C. Carvajal López

Bloomsbury, 2023

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/islamization-and-archaeology-9781350006669/

 

 

 

2. Early Islam in Medina

Malik and His Muwatta’

Yasin Dutton

Bloomsbury, 2023

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/early-islam-in-medina-9781350261907/

 

 

 

3. Digital Scriptorium (DS) is seeking applications for a 12-month, part-time (20 hrs/week) Manuscript Data Curation Graduate Student Fellowship. Please feel free to share this announcement widely!

Funded by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Manuscript Data Curation Fellow will support the expansion of the DS Catalog. Working with the DS Project Manager and the Project Director, the fellow will participate in gathering, reconciling, and enriching member institutions’ data for upload into the DS Catalog’s Wikibase. PhD students in a field related to global premodern manuscript studies or MLIS students with a background in the same scope of fields are encouraged to apply.
In addition to providing general support for DS Catalog data creation, the Fellow will work with current and prospective member institutions with uncatalogued manuscript collections that do not otherwise have sufficient staff expertise or support to create basic structured manuscript descriptions in the DS Catalog spreadsheet themselves. Additionally, the Fellow will work with the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas–Austin to pilot a project to enter data on “in situ” manuscript fragments in bindings that would not otherwise be cataloged in the institutional OPAC. On completion of the pilot, the fellow will offer this service to other institutions with similar in situ fragment collections.
Required qualifications:

• Enrollment in an MLIS or PhD program in a field or area relevant to premodern manuscript studies; graduate students working in a field with a non-European focus are encouraged to apply.
• Strong facility with a classical or non-English language, including non-western languages

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of best practices in digital libraries, cataloging, databases, authority work and metadata management.
• Knowledge of linked open data practices and technologies in the Wikimedia environment
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with stakeholders and collaboratively with technical staff

Again, the fellowship term is part-time (20 hours/week) for 12 months, starting in late August or early September 2023, with the option of working remotely. The expected pay is $20/hour. The successful applicant must be a US citizen or have permission to work in the US if not a citizen. The position will be administered through the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. To learn more about DS and the DS Catalog, visit https://digital-scriptorium.org/about/about-ds/.
Application Process
To be considered, applicants must submit the following to Lynn Ransom (lransom@upenn.edu) by July 15, 2023:

• A cover letter stating the applicant’s interest in the fellowship and how it will support long-term career goals
• CV
• Two letters of recommendation, including one from the student’s advisor and another from an established scholar in the graduate student’s field with expertise relating to manuscript studies (to be sent separately to lransom@upenn.edu)

 

 

4. Avicenna Study Group: Fourth Meeting 2023 in France (13–15 September 2023)

It is with great pleasure that we would like to inform you that the Fourth International Meeting of the Avicenna Study Group (ASG IV) will take place 13–15 September 2023 in France, more precisely in the “Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l’Homme” in Aix-en-Provence (for the first two days) and in the “Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée” in Marseille (for the final day).

The topic of the fourth meeting of the ASG is: “A Hidden Treasure: Editorial, Historical, and Philosophical Issues in Avicenna’s ‘Minor’ Works (rasāʾil)”

Confirmed speakers are Nicholas Aubin (University of Warwick) – Cristina Cerami (CNRS, UMR 7219 Sphère, Paris) – Mohammad Javad Esmaeili (Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Tehran) – Dimitri Gutas (emeritus, Yale University, New Haven) – Wilfrid Hodges (emeritus, University of London) – Jawdath Jabbour (CNRS, Centre Paul Albert Février, Aix-en-Provence) – Damien Janos (Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung/LMU Munich) – Jules Janssens (De Wulf-Mansion Centre, Leuven) – Ivana Panzeca (FSCIRE/University of Palermo) – Marwan Rashed (Université Paris-Sorbonne) – Burak Şaman (Istanbul 29 Mayis University) – Yotam Schremer (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) – Omer Michaelis (Tel Aviv University) – Meryem Sebti (CNRS, UMR 8230 Centre Jean Pépin, Paris) – Sarah Virgi (Utrecht University) – Mali Alinejad Zanjani (École normale supérieure, Paris) – Nadjet Zouggar (Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, Iremam)

The provisional programme is available here: http://www.arabic-philosophy.com/index.php/asg-iv/programme/.

If you wish to attend in person, please register online: http://www.arabic-philosophy.com/index.php/asg-iv/registration/. The registration helps us to organise the venue and everything else.

For all further questions, do not hesitate to get in touch. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Aix/Marseille.

Many thanks – and all best wishes,

Olga Lizzini and Andreas Lammer

Andreas Lammer | Assistant professor | Center for the History of Philosophy and Science | Radboud University | P.O. Box 9103, 6500 HD Nijmegen | Room E16.03a | +31 (0) 24 36 12438 | https://www.ru.nl/english

 

 

 

 

5. Sovereign Metals

Festivities, the Hunt and the Firmament in Medieval Islam.

Part of the Liquid Frontiers and Connected Worlds exhibition programme

Exhibition curated by Veronica Prestini, The Aron Collection

16 June – 17 September 2023

MAO Museo d’Arte Orientale, Turin

Press kit HERE

The second stop in the lead-up to the major autumn exhibition devoted to art from the Far East and Central Asia up to the Mediterranean shores is a small exhibit focused on exquisite metal Islamic art objects. Titled Sovereign Metals. Festivities, the Hunt and the Firmament in Medieval Islam, it is also the debut collaboration between the Museo d’Arte Orientale and The Aron Collection.

The exhibition, which is replacing Lustre and Luxury from Islamic Spain in MAO’s Islamic Gallery, features a carefully chosen selection covering the main types of Islamic metal art objects (incense burners, pen holders, candlesticks, trays, basins, bowls, perfume bottles) that, along with miniature painting, represent some of the highest expressions of Muslim artistic creativity.

Creativity that spread from Persia out into the world like a language, reaching India and China in the East and the slopes of Mount Atlas in the West. The object of admiration and imitation, it also arrived in Europe, showing that the borders of aesthetic perception are not tied to those of politics and religion.

What were the artisans’ preferred themes for these invaluable metal objects?

First and foremost, the hunt, and in particular the iconography of the king on horseback flanked by animals (often a falcon, a leopard or a camel) and a female servant, who could be an artist, a scientist or a musician.

Another major theme was astronomy, which, together with astrology, played a central role in the life of sovereigns and influenced their political, military and even romantic decisions. Popular motifs included planets, constellations and zodiac signs, as well as imagery linked to predicting the future.

Lastly, festive and banquet scenes, which were connected to the literary genre Bazm-o-Razm, meaning ‘feast and fight, encapsulating the cyclical opposition of the glories of peace to the passion of combat.

Astrology, with its scenes of court life and regal pomp, was especially able to evade Islamic iconoclasm in the Middle Ages, becoming the preferred theme for objects produced for the flourishing medieval Islamic middle class that started filling the cities of the Caliphate in the tenth century.

This extraordinary and metaphysical repertoire is joined by the rigour of the calligraphic arts, for the most part used for objects associated with producing light, like candlesticks and lamps, which were fundamental not only for secular everyday life but also for the more opulent religious and spiritual sphere.

One of the most refined objects on view in the exhibition is a silver encrusted pen holder (Mosul, Iraq, late 13th century), decorated with an image of the Sun surrounded by the planets, a typical motif for objects made for rulers and other members of the elite as well as an emblem of astrological iconography in medieval Islam. Another is a large brass basin with silver damascene and engraving (Fars, southern Iran, 14th century), the entire surface of which is decorated with highly symbolic imagery depicting scenes of hunting with a leopard, a falcon and a bow, expressive of a royal prerogative and the sovereign’s exceptional qualities as a combatant.

As with previous exhibitions at MAO, Sovereign Metals opens up dialogue between old and contemporary works, offering itself as a tool for study and in-depth analysis of cultures and materials. This time, MAO is delighted to present, within the exhibit, the work Monochrome Bleu (1959) by Yves Klein (1928–1962).

Yves Klein’s artistic experimentation with the transformation of colour into art, exalting the luminosity and intensity of ultramarine blue, was in a certain way the completion of a artistic pursuit with ancient roots. Ultramarine blue was unquestionably the most important natural pigment used in ancient Egyptian and Assyrian painting. The hue was also central to the work of Islamic miniature painters devoted to illuminating manuscripts. Ultramarine blue, also known as Persian blue, dominated these fine manuscripts and was often expertly paired with gold leaf.

With this in mind, Monochrome Bleu provides an opportunity to appreciate the development of technical, artisan and artistic knowledge and expertise, in continuous expressive tension, which became a philosophical model in Klein’s interpretation, and to fully enjoy the breathtaking depth of its colour.

The exhibition Sovereign Metals offers MAO visitors a chance to view numerous objects that are normally kept in the museum’s storage, paired with works from the Aron Collection and other important private collections.

Admission to the exhibition is included in the ticket for the permanent collection.

 

 

 

6. University of St Andrews – Lecturer in Global Early Modern Art 

(1400-1750)
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=65512

We are seeking to appoint a full-time lecturer in Global Early Modern Art (1400-1750). This is a full time, position, offered on a fixed term contract until 31 December 2026, to provide cover for staff research leave. Applications are invited from candidates whose research interests lie in any field of early modern art, architecture, urbanism or visual culture, regardless of geographical focus. We encourage applications from candidates whose research and teaching focuses on issues including environment, race, gender, sexuality and politics and / or whose work takes a transnational, cross-cultural or multidisciplinary approach.

You should already have, or be close to completing, a Ph.D.  You should be able to provide evidence of your research abilities in the form of publications of internationally-recognised quality as well as a programme of on-going research that will contribute to our reputation as one of the leading Art History departments in the UK. Other indications of research activity (e.g. grants awarded, conference papers delivered, exhibitions organised) will also be taken into account, as will evidence that your research has had or will have an impact beyond academia.

You will be expected to offer attractive and accessible research-led undergraduate courses, giving students as much first-hand experience of works as possible. You will also be required to contribute lectures and tutorials on our first-year survey modules. Working with postgraduates, particularly teaching M.Litt. classes, will also be a vital part of your role.

Like other members of the School, you will be expected to take on administrative tasks as required by the Head of School.

Informal enquiries can be directed to the Head of School, Professor Laura Moretti: lm93@st-andrews.ac.uk

Applications are particularly welcome from women, people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented in Arts posts at the University.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of the St Andrews experience.  We strive to create a fair and inclusive culture demonstrated through our commitment to diversity awards (Athena Swan, Carer Positive, LGBT Charter, Race Charters and Stonewall). We celebrate diversity by promoting profiles of BAME, LGBTIQ+ staff and supporting networks including the Staff BAME Network; Staff with Disabilities Network; Staff LGBTIQ+ Network; and the Staff Parents & Carers Network.  Full details available online: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/

Please note, there will be a short turnaround between the closing date, short-listing and date of interview. 

Closing Date: 11 July 2023 

Interview Date: 20 July 2023

Please quote ref: AC2042RXNB

Further Particulars: AC2042RXNB FPs.doc

School of Art History

Salary: £45,585 – £56,021 per annum    

Start Date: September 2023

Fixed Term: Until 31 December 2026

 

 

 

7. CFP – 10th School of Mamluk Studies Conference (Kuwait University, Kuwait) – March 5-7, 2024

The conference, which will be exclusively in person (no online presentations will be accepted), will be conducted in two parts (March 5-7, 2024), and will be preceded by a three-day (March 2-4, 2024) intensive course on Mamluk archaeological material taught by Professor Bethany Walker, University of Bonn.

Themed Day: Mamluk Past Narratives and Present Artifacts: A Meeting Halfway!

The first day of the conference, March 5, will focus on the relationship between historical narratives and archaeological findings of the Mamluk period. This theme invites individual papers that shed light on this challenging relationship from various angles; this could include, but is not limited to: theories and principles of employing artifacts in historical research; fields of history where artifacts are more informative than narratives, and vice versa; fields where the relationship between artifacts and narratives is more complementary or more competitive; limitations of both artifacts and narratives when they meet in historical research.

A maximum of 12 to 15 paper proposals will be selected. Should a greater number of proposals be received, the authors of those which are not selected for the conference may be offered the possibility to publish their contribution in the proceedings. Each paper will be allocated 20 minutes with an additional 10 minutes for discussion.

Paper Panels: The remaining two days of the conference (March 6-7) will be structured in preorganized panels, which may focus on any aspect of the intellectual, political, social, economic, and artistic life of the Mamluk period. The panels will be organized into presentations of three to four papers of twenty minutes each. Time allotted to each paper will be twenty minutes with a discussion at the end of each panel. Panel proposals must be made by a representative, who will be responsible for the panel’s organization. Please note that in case of cancellation of two papers out of the three (or three out of the four) composing the panel, the panel will have to be withdrawn from the program.

Language: The official languages of the conference will be English and Arabic.

Proposals: Paper proposals for the themed day must be submitted electronically through the conference webpage (http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/school-of-mamluk-studies.html) by August 31, 2023. Panel proposals must be submitted in the same manner by September 30, 2023. No proposal will be accepted after the deadline. Those who would like to express their intention to attend the conference as listeners must fill in the registration form by October 31, 2023.

Paper proposals require the name and a one-page CV of the speaker, a provisional title, and an abstract of a maximum of 300 words per paper. Panel proposals must be submitted as such, including the relevant information for each component paper as well as the name of the panel’s chair (the chair can be one of the panelists).

Acceptance: Paper and panel proposals will be peer-reviewed. A first circular will be sent by December 2023 to those whose proposals have been accepted, and to those who have expressed interest in attending the conference as listeners.

Fees: The conference registration fees will be $60 for all participants and attendees. A farewell dinner will take place on the last day (March 7) at a cost to be determined. Payment of the fees (registration and farewell dinner) must be received by January 15, 2024 (information on the method of payment to be used will be provided in the first circular, which will be sent in December 2023).

Cancellations received in writing by January 31, 2024, will secure a full refund, minus 20% of the registration fee. Refunds of fees (registration and farewell dinner) will not be made under any circumstances for cancellations after January 31, 2024. Participants must make their own travel arrangements; information and suggestions for accommodation will be provided in the first circular.

Publication:

1. Themed Day: the papers will be published in a volume of proceedings. Further details will be announced in due course.
2. Panels: selected papers will be published in Mamlūk Studies Review.

Intensive Course: To What Degree Can Mamluk Artifacts be Interrogated?

A three-day intensive course in Mamluk archaeology intended for advanced graduate students and other qualified participants will be offered by Professor Bethany Walker (University of Bonn) and will be held immediately before the tenth conference of the School of Mamluk Studies at Kuwait University, in collaboration with Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (March 2-4, 2024). The course will serve as an introduction to what is now a mature discipline within Mamlukology: Mamluk Archaeology. It is also a venue for exploring ways in which archaeology could serve as a primary source for historical studies during the Mamluk period. Participants will be exposed to both theory and methods, and emphasis is placed on “learning by doing”, making use of the Mamluk-era holdings of the unique al-Sabah Collection of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah and artifacts from excavations.

Since the number of the participants will be limited (a maximum of 20), those who desire to take part in the course are requested to submit a CV, a statement of purpose, and a letter of recommendation by someone familiar with your work to the following email address: sms10kuwait24@ku365.onmicrosoft.com by November 30, 2023. Those who are selected for the course will be notified by the end of December 2023, at which time information about the method of payment for the course fees will be provided.

The course fee is $350, which also includes the registration fee for the subsequent conference (March 5-7). The fees must be paid by January 15, 2024. Registration and participation will not be confirmed until payment is received. Cancellations received in writing by January 31, 2024, will secure a full refund, minus 20% of the course fee. Refunds of course fees will not be made under any circumstances for cancellations received after January 31, 2024.

Participants must make their own travel arrangements. Information and suggestions for accommodation will be provided in the first circular.

We look forward to meeting you in Kuwait.

Amenah Abdulkarim, Kuwait University (local organizer) – sms10kuwait24@ku365.onmicrosoft.com

Frédéric Bauden, Université de Liège

Antonella Ghersetti, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice

Marlis Saleh, University of Chi

 

 

 

8. Journal of Art Historiography, Number 28 (June 2023): A Historiography of Persian Art: Past, Present and Future (Articles can be downloaded)

https://arthistoriography.wordpress.com/28-jun23/

A Historiography of Persian Art: Past, Present and Future

Guest edited by Yuka Kadoi and András Barati

Articles

Introduction

Yuka Kadoi (University of Vienna), ‘A Twenty-Year Retrospect on ‘The Mirage of Islamic Art’: Polarising Islamic art, consolidating Persian art’

The Making and Remaking of Art Histories

Nile Green (University of California), ‘The rekhta of architecture: the development of ‘Islamic’ art history in Urdu, c.1800-1950’

Ebba Koch (Aga Khan Trust for Culture), ‘Discovering Mughal painting in Vienna by Josef Strzygowski and his circle: the historiography of the Millionenzimmer’

Scholars, Collectors and Agents

Henry P. Colburn (New York University, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology), ‘A brief historiography of Parthian art, from Winckelmann to Rostovtzeff’

Iván Szántó (Eötvös Loránd University), ‘West-östlich diplomacy and connoisseurship in the late Habsburg Empire: Baron Albert Eperjesy and his dispersed collection of Persian art’

A New Direction to Carpetology

Kassiani Kagouridi (Corfu Museum of Asian Art), ‘Musealisation and ethno-cultural stereotypes in Persian art: the case of Baluch carpets ca. 1870s – 1930s’

Tomasz Grusiecki (Boise State University), ‘Rethinking the so-called Polish carpets’

Dorothy Armstrong (Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford), ‘Persophilia and technocracy: carpets in the World of Islam Festival, 1976’

Revisiting the Schools of Painting

Jaimee K. Comstock-Skipp (Nizami Ganjavi Centre, University of Oxford), ‘The ‘Iran’ Curtain: the historiography of Abu’l-Khairid (Shaybanid) arts of the book and the ‘Bukhara School’ during the Cold War’

Robert Hillenbrand (University of St. Andrews), ‘Eric Schroeder: maverick polymath’

Authenticity and Falsification

Andrea Luigi Corsi (Independent), ‘A matter of timing: the modern history of a ‘Sasanian’ silver plate from Rashy’

The Problem of Terminology

Johannes L. Kurz (University of Heidelberg), ‘Dashi 大食 reconsidered’

Documentary biographies

Jens Kröger (Museum of Islamic Art – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin), ‘Kurt Erdmann (1901-1964)’

Jens Kröger (Museum of Islamic Art – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin), ‘Carl Johan Lamm (1902-1981)’

Joachim Gierlichs (Zayed National Museum, Abu Dhabi), ‘Ernst Cohn-Wiener (1882-1941)‘

Research notes

Paola D’Amore and Michael Jung (Museo d’Arte Orientale/Museo delle Civiltà), ‘Notes on the formation of Persian art collections at the Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”: research projects, exhibitions and Italian missions in Iran’

Conference report

Sandra Aube (CNRS) and Martina Massullo (Institut Catholique de Paris), ‘Through the lens of Henry Viollet: an undisclosed photographic and paper archive on Islamic monuments (1904-1913)’

Translation

András Barati (Austrian Academy of Sciences), ‘Aʽẓam Naẓarkarde, ‘Painter and artist of the Âstân-e Qods during the Afsharid period’

This publication was funded in whole, or in part, by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [M2428-G25]

 

 

 

9. CFP – CIHA 2024: Indian Ocean Objects above and below the Waterline – Deadline: September 15

We invite paper proposals for the session “Indian Ocean Objects above and below the Waterline” at the 36th Congress of the Comité international d’histoire de l’art (CIHA), June 23 – 28, 2024, in Lyon, France.

Deadline: 15 September 2023

In the past decade, the field of Indian Ocean art history has witnessed a rapid growth, with a wealth of new research oriented around the circulation of objects across this ocean’s breadth and a rising focus on how maritime mobilities generated dynamic lives and meanings for traveling goods. While these efforts have brought into sharper focus the history of the Indian Ocean’s littoral zones, its port cities, and the objects that frequented them, interpretation has tended to cling to the coasts, implicitly prioritizing land over water. We have spent more time studying the Indian Ocean along a horizontal axis, namely the water’s surface, thus documenting and conceptualizing materials that moved or were moved across the ocean rather than those that came from the ocean itself or the detritus that rests on its floor.

Pushing against art history’s historiographical emphasis on land or the ocean’s role as a path of conveyance, this session explores the material intersections between horizontal and vertical histories of the Indian Ocean. Inspired by Isabel Hofmyer’s call for an oceanic turn that extends both “above and below the waterline,” we invite speakers to explore objects that traversed the water’s breadth or to delve into the physical qualities of those that emerged from the depths of the sea, such as shells, mother of pearl, as well as images of the underwater realm. Most poignantly, we hope to think through the ambiguities of the boundaries between water and land, by exploring sites where these arenas meet and interact. How can we understand the ocean as a “maker” of materials and objects in tandem with its role as a medium of transmission and exchange? How can we understand water as a fundamentally creative and transformative environment, which actively conjures the tactile character of things, or reshapes the materials that it comes into contact with? What new forms or material characteristics emerged from objects that had an underwater journey, alongside journeys across water? How did immersion in water change the life of objects “en route” and, as a result, their broader migrations and meanings? How was the Indian Ocean perceived, conceptualized, or visualized as an agent in shaping both the materiality and mobility of things? How did objects emerging from the ocean reshape understandings of the ocean itself?

We invite proposals for short, but rich, presentations of no more than 10 minutes. We aim to organize this session as two panels of short presentations followed by responses to papers and broader discussion. Proposals should be between 350 and 500 words in length, and engage with the questions outlined above, or themes that include but are not limited to:

–      Material histories of the Indian Ocean as a space of commercial and artistic exchange across Asia, Africa, and beyond

–       Matter and underwater metamorphosis

–       Shifting sensory contours of objects underwater

–       Drifting objects and their itinerant materiality

–       Blue humanities

–       Shells, marine life, ships, and shipwrecks

–       Oceanic waste, debris, and material remains

Proposals should be submitted by 15 September 2023 via the CIHA platform, which includes instructions and a full description of all sessions (in English and French): https://www.cihalyon2024.fr/en/call-for-papers

Funds may be available from CIHA to assist presenters who require financial assistance to participate.

Organized by: Nancy Um (Getty Research Institute), Peyvand Firouzeh (University of Sydney), Pauline Monginot (Institut national d’Histoire de l’art)

 

 

 

10. Funds Fulbright Scholar Awards for Your Network

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers over 400 unique awards for U.S. citizens to teach, research, and conduct professional projects in more than 130 countries. You can join the more than 400,000 Fulbrighters who have come away with enhanced skills, new connections and greater mutual understanding. We encourage you to visit our website for application resources: ·       Getting Started ·       Application Guidance and Instructions ·       Open Awards in the 2024-25 Competition, searchable by discipline, country/region, etc. ·       Office Hours, a great way to get your questions answered live by Fulbright staff ·       Webinar Schedule and Archive

 

We look forward to receiving your application by our deadline of September 15, 2023.  To receive program updates and application resources, connect with Fulbright.  Know someone who could benefit from a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award? Refer a colleague! Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Contact: scholars@iie.org

 

 

 

 

11. Webinar – British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS)

‘Treasures of Herat: Two Timurid Khamsah of Nizami Manuscripts’

with Barbara Brend

12 July, 2023, 5pm UK time

For full information and to register:

https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/treasures-of-herat/

 

 

 

 

12. BRISMES Annual Conference: “Ecology, Crisis, and Power in the Middle East”, University of Exeter, 3-5 July 2023

See program at https://whova.com/embedded/event/aUuHwd6DHihkOs0dhkxi%403nk%40Oyem9cIRXA-VTGFeXA%3D/?utc_source=ems

 

 

 

 

13. Conference “Locating the Self, Negotiating the Other: Imperial Expansion and Conversion in the Early Modern Period”, University of Münster, Germany, 5-7 October 2023

The conference will bring together recent research on conversions and the lives of converts in different empires, to elaborate on commonalities as well as peculiarities and, in doing so, examine possible global conjunctures of conversion processes in the process. The focus is on the early modern period (emphasis on the 17th and 18th centuries), but contributions from other periods are also welcome.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2023. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/11419/discussions/12887482/locating-self-negotiating-other-imperial-expansion-and

 

The Double Act: Ali-Reza Bhojani and Morgan Clarke discuss the merits and surprises of collaborative research

2 ‘The Hermeneutics of al-Sharīf al-Murtaḍā: The Interpretation
of akhbār al-āḥād in Kitāb al-Amālī‘
Ali Aghaei

6 ‘The Words of the Imām beyond Philosophy and Tradition:
Shī`ī Hadith Commentaries in the Ṣafavid Period’
Sajjad Rizvi

9 ‘`Allāma Ṭabāṭabā’ī and Exegetical Hadiths in al-Mῑzān:
A Contemporary Imāmī Commentary on Hadith?’
Shadi Nafisi

1. ONLINE Virtual Book Discussion “State, Peasants, and Land in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Egypt” with Author Dr. Maha Ghalwash (British University in Egypt), American University in Cairo Press, 5 July 2023, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Cairo Time

Drawing on a wide array of archival sources, some only rarely utilized by other scholars, the book argues that state policy targeting the peasant land tenure regime was informed by the dual economic principles of the

Ottoman, or traditional, philosophy of statecraft, and that the workings of the relevant regulations did not produce extensive peasant land loss and impoverishment.

Information and registration: https://www.facebook.com/events/778594093913921/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2252%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22invite_link_id%5C%22%3A218932021064927%7D%7D]%22%7D

 

 

 

2. Conference “The Spirit of Laws’ in the Ottoman Empire and Its Social Practices”, Arkhé Project, Sirince, 16-23 July 2023

This program (in Turkish) is dedicated to how the law was made, practiced, and transformed in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire. It includes the legal-theoretical aspects of law-making and how it was practiced in everyday life and was adapted and transformed over the centuries.

Information: https://archeprojesi.com/kamp/din-u-devlet-ii-celse-osmanlida-kanunlarin-ruhu-ve-toplumsal-pratikler/41

 

 

 

3. ONLINE 5th International Interdisciplinary Conference: “Postcolonialism, Postcommunism and Postmodernism”, University of Gdańsk, Poland, 27-28 July 2023

Topics include postcolonial societies, history of (post)colonialism, postcolonialism and orientalism, postcolo-nialisim and Islamophobia, postcolonialism and anti-Semitism, postcolonialism and terrorism, postcolonialism and racism, etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 7 July 2023. Information: https://www.inmindsupport.com/post-conference

 

 

 

4. HYBRID 17th Annual Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS): “Interpretation and Misinterpretation”, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 24-25 November 2023

Contributions are invited that relate to the themes on any aspect of cultures or societies in Asia as well as their diasporic manifestations. We seek both synchronic and diachronic perspectives from anthropology, the arts, cultural geography, history, international relations, linguistics, literary studies, philosophy, political sci-ence, religion studies, sociology, and other fields in the humanities and social sciences.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2023. Information: http://acas.upol.cz/call-for-papers/

 

 

 

5. 10th international Conference “Fire on the Mountain: Media, Religion, and Nationalism”, University of Colorado-Boulder, 10-13 January 2024

Proposed themes: Coloniality, imperialism, and religious nationalism; Nationalism, race, ethnicity, gender, and religious identity; The global rise of right-wing populism, religion, and media; Nation, nationalism, and globalization; Religion, nationalism, and social media; Religious nationalism, journalism, conspiracy theories, and disinformation.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 July 2023. Information: https://www.colorado.edu/cas/2023/06/20/cfp-10th-international-conference-fire-mountain-media-religion-and-nationalism

 

 

 

6. Workshop “Written Representations of the Oral Aspects of the Qur’ān”, Università l’Orientale di Napoli, Naples, 21-22 May 2024

Muṣḥafs provide plenty of information about the modalities of recitation of the Qur’ān before the Industrial Revolution. How this form of notation developed and if it was in a certain way regulated (regionally or globally) will be explored in this workshop.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2023. Information: https://euqu.eu/2023/05/02/call-for-papers-recited-ink-written-representations-of-the-oral-aspects-of-the-quran/

 

 

 

7. Postdoctoral Researcher Position on “Women’s Labour in Islamic Law”, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies, University of Bern

Candidates must hold a PhD in Islamic, Middle Eastern and/or Arabic Studies (no more than six years prior to employment). Proficiency in spoken and written English and Arabic are required. A good understanding of current debates in gender and/or labour history is expected, and the candidate will be expected to work in an interdisciplinary way.

Deadline for applications: 7 August 2023.

Information: https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/25d0bac4-cd8c-4ee2-b2e7-4e2d793a83c0?fbclid=IwAR2H0MkY-OuROGf5fI2BTZh91STYnwJ33sSVEiKQXzt1Ug3XGVw2dRqdz44

 

 

 

8. PhD Position in “Non-Western (Islamic) Public Administration and Public Value” (4 Years, Early Stage Researcher), Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Requirements: M.A. in political sciences, economics, sociology or public administration; excellent command of English; knowledge of the local languages of area studies; familiarity with relevant Islamic texts and tradi-tions.

Deadline for applications: 30 June 2023. Information: https://www.euraxess.ee/jobs/115688

 

 

 

9. Chapters for Edited Book on “Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Red Sea Region, 7th – 20th Century”

We are especially interested in essays that draw on new sources, those that adopt approaches that are sensitive to regional, transregional/translocal dimensions. Our interest is more focused on the experiences of those involved and/or impacted by slavery and the trade (the enslaved, freedmen/freedwomen, their de-scendants, as well as agents, traders, and smugglers).

Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2023. Information: https://www.academia.edu/103469234/Slavery_and_the_Slave_Trade_in_the_Red_Sea_Region_7th_20th_c_Call_for_papers_for_an_edited_volume

 

 

 

10. Youth Writing Contest for a New Afghan Social Contract, Institute for Law and Society in Afghanistan, Kardan University

What direction is Afghanistan and its people taking? How can Afghans overcome the devisions of the past? We cordially invite Afghans aged up to 25 years to share their views, hopes and demands. Please send us your essay in Dari, Pashto or English by 31 July 2023. We will not publish your name if you prefer so. The best contributions will be awarded (10.000 AFN).

Deadline for essays in Dari, Pashto or English: 31 July 2023. Information:

https://usercontent.one/wp/www.ilsaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Youth-competition-call-English.pdf

Mansur Sefatgol (ed.), Bayāz of the Royal Chancellery of Iran during the Safavid Era: Draft, Register and Rules for Preparing Diplomatic Correspondences (A Study of Iran’s Foreign Relations with Europe, Ottoman, Mughals, and the Khanates of Central Asia),
Tokyo: Research and Information Center for Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo, 2023.
ISBN 978-4-903235-60-8

Download at:

https://repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/records/2007610

 

1. Reconstructing the Variant Generation Process of Hadith

Based on the Quantitative and the Isnād-cum-Matn Analysis

Hiroyuki Yanagihashi

Equinox, 2023

For more information and to order at 25% off quoting the code VAR visit the book page:

https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/reconstructing-variant-gen/

 

 

 

 

2. Funds: Research grants in History of the Book including Maps

Grants up to £4,000 for research into the history of the book, including studies of the production, transmission, circulation, dissemination, and consumption of text and graphics (i.e. maps, music, illustrations, and mass-produced prints).

The Willison Foundation Charitable Trust promotes the advancement of the History of the Book by awarding funding to researchers working within that global field of study. It is interested in studies of the production, transmission, circulation, dissemination, and consumption of text and graphics (i.e. maps, music, illustrations, and mass-produced prints). It therefore expects to serve the needs of those working in the history of authorship, publishing, reading, and archiving, including maps, music, and prints; the history of libraries including deposit of computer memory; textual studies in the widest sense; codicology, palaeography, textual biography and editorial practice, textual communication, reception studies within oral as well as inscripted cultures.

To learn more see https://willisoncharitabletrust.org/applications/guidance-for-applicants/

 

 

 

3. The AIS (Association for Iranian Studies) Online Symposium team is happy to announce an extension of the deadline for submission of panels and individual papers for our October 20-22, 2023 online symposium. We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by *10 July 2023*. Please submit your proposals at the following link: https://associationforiranianstudies.org/ais-online-symposium-2023 <https://associationforiranianstudies.org/ais-online-symposium-2023>

 

 

 

 

4. Programs at Hikmat International Institute for Summer, Fall 2023

To learn more, visit the Hikmat website at the address below:

https://hikmat-ins.com/courses/

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us any time at info@hikmat-ins.com

 

 

 

 

5. 2023 BRISMES Annual General Meeting

Members are reminded that the BRISMES Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place as follows:

Date: Wednesday, 5 July 2023
Time: 11:30-13:30 (BST)
Venue: The Forum Auditorium, University of Exeter
All members of BRISMES are invited to attend the AGM. The final agenda and associated papers will be sent by email to all BRISMES members on 26 June 2023.

 

 

 

 

6. BRISMES Conference Student Paper Prize

Submissions for this prize are currently closed and will open after the annual conference in July.

About the Prize

The aim of this prize is to support BRISMES student members in the development of peer-reviewed work. The prize winner will receive £300 and will be mentored through a review process at the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (BJMES) by a senior member of the BRISMES academic community. Such a mentor will be identified on the basis of the disciplinary field and topic of the awarded conference paper. In addition, the desk review process will be skipped and the journal will commit to sending the paper directly to external reviewers for the final decision about publication.

Eligibility

• The applicant must be a BRISMES student member by the time the application is submitted.
• The applicant must have registered for the Annual Conference.
• The paper must be on the same topic on which the applicant is presenting at the Annual Conference.
• The paper needs to be an original unpublished work from any discipline on any topic related to the study of Middle East and North Africa.
• The only selection criteria is academic excellence.

How to apply

Send the paper with a short biography (150 words max) and CV to office@brismes.org, indicating the disciplinary field to which the paper is contributing.

The estimated word count for a typical paper in BJMES is 10,000 words, inclusive of the abstract, tables, references, figure captions.

Deadline: Two weeks after the annual conference

https://www.brismes.ac.uk/awards/brismes-conference-student-paper-prize

 

 

 

7. Departmental Lecturer in Middle Eastern Politics

University of Oxford

Applications are invited for the position of Departmental Lecturer in Middle Eastern Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. As well as providing teaching for the department’s core Middle East politics provision, the Departmental Lecturer will be expected to teach on research methods, including leading on research design sessions.

Deadline | 26 June 2023

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8. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the Political Sociology of Islam and Muslim Societies

Australian National University

The Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies within the Research School of Social Sciences, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences is seeking to appoint a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the Political Sociology of Islam and Muslim societies with a focus on the Arabic Speaking World.  Research rooted in the political sociology of religion and intellectual/social trends and movements in the Arabic Speaking World, as well as informed by fieldwork and linguistic competence is highly desirable.

Deadline | 31 July 2023

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9. Call for Applications – Editor of International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES)

The MESA Board of Directors invites applications and nominations for the next editor of the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES) for a five-year term beginning July 1, 2024. Candidates should be internationally recognized Middle East scholars in either the humanities or the social sciences and be affiliated with an academic institution prepared to contribute space and support to an editorial office. Applications should include proposals for this institutional contribution, endorsed by the institution involved.

Deadline | 1 August 2023

https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2023/06/07/mesa-board-initiates-search-for-next-ijmes-editor

 

 

 

 

10. Jalal al-Din Rumi and his Legacy: Religion, Literature and Culture between Medieval Anatolia and the Persianate World, 13th-14th Centuries
Conference | 6-7 July 2023 | BIAA and BIPS
This conference is a partnership between the British Institute at Ankara and British Institute of Persian Studies. It will take place over two days in Ankara. Please note that places are extremely limited due to the venue’s capacity. The conference will be conducted in English.
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11. The Islamic College – Hawza Taster Course (in House)

DATE: 30th June – 2nd  July

TIME: 10:00 am – 4:30 pm (London time)

Venue: The Islamic College, London, 133 High Road Willesden Green London

https://islamic-college.ac.uk/study/hawza-taster-course/